When sailing along on the seas and you suddenly spot a porpoise's fin in the distance, chances are that you have only encountered a single animal. Porpoises are most often seen alone, but new research ...

Harbor porpoises need to eat 2000 fish a day to meet their energy needs. Not because it's demanding to swim, dive and hunt as they are streamlined and very energy efficient. They simply need vast ...

Around the world, fishermen use low-cost nets that sit like fences on coastal seafloors. Known as set gill nets, this type of gear is highly effective at catching fish when the mesh snags them by ...

A Yangtze finless porpoise hunting in China’s Poyang Lake. “Our work fills the gap between the super long-term information we get from fossils and DNA and the recent population surveys. It really ...

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Drone footage shows that porpoises may be more social and cooperative than previously thought. When sailing along on the seas and you suddenly spot a porpoise's fin in the distance, chances are that ...